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CONTENTS

 

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EGYPTIAN

 

    OSIRIS AND ISIS

3

    RÊ, HIS GOING-DOWN AND UPRISING

7

BABYLONIAN

 

    IN THE BEGINNING

17

    GILGAMISH

19

    THE STORY OF UTA-NAPISHTIM AND OF THE DELUGE THAT DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS ON THE EARTH

27

    ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE WORLD BELOW

33

PERSIAN

 

    JAMSHĪD THE RESPLENDENT

41

JEWISH POST-CHRISTIAN PERIOD

 

    THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN

53

    THE CONFOUNDING OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH

55

GREEK

 

    IN THE BEGINNING

61

    PROMETHEUS

64

    PANDORA

67

    DEMETER

73

    ORPHEUS

80

    DIONYSOS

83

    APOLLO

86

    HERAKLES

83

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ROMAN

 

    THE CHILDREN OF MARS

107

    NUMA THE LAW-GIVER

114

    THE SIBYL

117

    POMONA AND VERTUMNUS

119

GRÆCO-ROMAN

 

    CUPID AND PSYCHE

125

CELTIC

 

    IRISH--MIDIR AND ETAIN

141

        THE DEATH OF CONAIRE MÓR, THE KING OF IRELAND

145

        THE VOYAGE OF BRAN TO THE LAND OF THE IMMORTALS

152

    WELSH--PWYLL, PRINCE OF DYFED AND HIS VISIT TO ANNWFN, THE REALM OF FAËRIE

158

        MATH, THE SON OF MATHONWY

162

FINNISH

 

    LEMMINKAINEN, HIS DESTRUCTION AND HIS RESTORATION TO LIFE

179

ICELANDIC

 

    IN THE BEGINNING

187

    THE BUILDING OF THE WALL

190

    MIMIR

194

    BALDR

195

    LOKI'S PUNISHMENT

202

    THE CHILDREN OF LOKI

204

    RAGNA RÖK, THE FATE OF THE GODS

208

INDIAN

 

    VEDIC--THE HEAVENLY NYMPH AND HER MORTAL HUSBAND

215

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    EPIC--THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN

218

        THE BIRTH OF THE GANGES

220

        SĀVITRĪ AND THE LORD OF THE DEAD

        DAMAYANTĪ'S CHOICE

228

    BUDDHIST--GOTAMA'S ATTAINMENT

231

CHINESE

 

    IN THE BEGINNING

237

    THE WEAVER MAIDEN AND THE HERDSMAN

239

JAPANESE

 

    THE SUN GODDESS AND THE STORM GOD AND THE STRIFE THERE WAS BETWEEN THEM

245

    THE FIRST PEOPLE

248

POLYNESIAN

 

    NEW ZEALAND--IN THE BEGINNING

253

    NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII--MA-UI THE FIRE-BRINGER

254

        HOW MA-UI STROVE TO WIN IMMORTALITY FOR ALL CREATURES

260

        PE-LE, HAWAII'S GODDESS OF VOLCANIC FIRE

261

PERUVIAN

 

    VIRACOCHA

275

    THE LLAMA-HERDER AND THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN

279

CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN

 

    IN THE BEGINNING

285

    THE TWIN HEROES AND THE LORDS OF XIBALBA

289

    QUETZALCOATL

298

    QUETZALCOATL'S ENEMY

300

    THE GODS OF THE AZTECA

302

    THE AZTECA

305

ZUÑI

 

    PAÍYATUMA AND THE MAIDENS OF THE CORN

311

INDEX

319

 


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